Web 3.0? Are you kidding? Web .Next, please.
December 23, 2008 2 Comments
I’m already seeing a large number of references to "Web 3.0"; the purported ‘next web’.
Kids: the web is version-less, completely hackable, mashable and unfinished (but in good ways) .. do you really think that Web 2.0 isn’t any more than Web 1.999?
To refer to improved user experience (UX), including better interfaces and heavy media integration, I’ve been referring to the "next-generation web". But even this pales in comparison to the bigger picture
At one point in the future, we might be able to say things like:
- xyzzy is a Web 2.0 company, because they (something that other Web 2.0 companies do).
- yzzyx is a Web 3.0 company, because they (something that other Web 3.0 companies do).
However, without the "other Web x.0 companies do" means to differentiate, can we really identify a 2.0 / 3.0 company out of the crowd? Who can say that some of the companies might just "grow" into another version?
I believe the web to be version-less. We may eventually have historical references, but for now, anarchy (but with a profit motive) is king.
So: for the present, I think I’ll stick with Web .Next.
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